Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-24
THE RAILROADS.
News From all Along the Line Served ~
to Order-Men and Things, Personal and
General

The {. |. X ". r. r, pretty soon.
Summer tourists tickets will be placed
on sale June L.
Passenger travel on the lakes is begin
ming to increase.
Fish is filling mp many express cars and
business is good.
The national convention of train dispatch
er> meets in Boston June IA.
q. L. Anderson. I. L. \. of the |. Il. X
W, left for the north this morning.
The inter state commerce bill is still a
Sticker and many roads cannot get over ii.
The Bee Line Boston sleeper is well
filed As it passes through here every morn
ing.
The Bee Line is having good passenger
business and its managers are feeling good
over il.
This is the pass word at the |. Il. X W.
telegraph Office: NO butter At Silver
/ Greek"
The l. b. X W. round house and sur
rOundingS are in splendid shape, and every
thing is A. nice and clean aS can be-
/ Railroad people, aS well A. some Others,
are ready and anxious for the reorganiza-
tion of the |. B. n W. system to take place.
Bee Line trainmen are all wearing sum
mer straw caps. lhey are h"' haldS"ihe
!" loon at put p"NSiolS ''ies MAY u" COM
( ,rtable.
/ The |. B. n W. are now using their
great new East street yards. and ali freight
trains ON all the divisions arrive ana depart
from there hoW'
I Since all freight trains on the northern
/ division of the |. b. a W. run over the Y,
fh" promises to furnish some interesting
Items ot run "hN'
| {. |. ~ W. stands for Come In and Wait,
/ Can Walk. and other things but will be-
used in this instance for Columbus, Indian
apolls and Western.
II seems that the y. \. =. n q. railroad
is not member of the Central Traffic AsSo-
ciation. and cannot be- whipped into line.
( Its English. You know. not 10 be IN
There will be tw" sections of the Kansas
City limited ON Friday morning. the second
train I" accommodate the Dunkard> I"
Ottawa, Kansas. where they have 4 meeting
next week.
The Indianapolis Il Columbus passenger
trains viii now use the north track at the
depot instead of the south track as hereto
totore. The Ohio Southern trains Will use
the south track.
Wonder if the lettering of the rolling
STOCK Will De changed from the l. ID. ~ W.
to the 1. l. n W. a quickly as were the
names ot The I. ,. " l. engines wheh Sloan
g"bbled the road
There is some talk that the Pan Handle
will discontinue their Richmond and Spring
field chair cars and put on sleeper TO run
from thus city to Chicago. Ii would be
The |. Il. X W. changes time next Sun
dav. They will put on an early morning
train TO Columbus, leaving here at d
O'Clock. The mail from the north will ar
rive late in the afternoon.
The y. Y. 7. K q. has gone, and the
boys said good bye all last week. 1t was
death blow to them. and while they didn't
stay long. they were much pleased with |
what they saw of Springfield.
The Adams Express conpany has de
clared a per cent semiannual dividend,
and has handsome surplus to carry over
on the last half years business. These are
prosperous times for express companies.
Tom REYNOLDS, the genial train dispatcher |
of the 4. Il. x w. at this point, has more |
friends than any man in the service of the. |
company. His popularity is broader and |
extends further than any of the roads off |
cials.
The Bee Line gives notice that all ticket |
agents who wish 10 use their line to Gin
cinnati or IndianapoliS. en- rout. to the
Mammoth Cave eNcurSo,. will be given
TRANSFORMATION, if rruuests are sent through |
the heads of their various departments.
Sunday was great day for the [. b. n |
W. bows at Fishtown. which is better
known As Sandusky. 4 large crowd went |
fishing in the bay and some one asked |
what they got. The repIy was that ..they |
all got back John Leonard and Jack |
McGinity were in the party.
raS,-hopnd nassan,,ar hnsipass of the Re.
;n. ont of Cincirn,ti hos ircraasad "a |
largely that Yesterday a second sIeeping- |
coach WAS attached to the night train. |
This train makes the run to New York city !
in ~ hours and 20 minutes. II masses |
through this city al 9:I5 every evening.
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paaTira ond p 4, ~ 80 - Ean a,
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Ti,'- ., 30 -, - tar Tb., ID !, |
w Iaa,,aS hara ot m .nd arri,.s ,bar.
AT e.15 m. which is about the same time |
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passenger coiluuctors s say tllat 'he iicreass
III earnings e3nies rom tie peItef rates the
ia'eilis puoiie ~ pa! !Ins' the4 sen W
,,,-aI a., ,,assas a,5 ,bis 10 a,,iJ.noa ,ho,
the emitting off of masses has but little IA do
with the increase of earnings. There are
now no half rate or special tickets. and
comnaratiyely speaking. but few mileage